GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 697, 23 December 1909, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(By Telcjraph-PreM AnoclaUco-Oonrl s ht I SOUTH AFRICA'S GOVERNOR-GENERAL. (Rcc. December 22, 10.35 p.m.) '' ,f, n , , _. , , London, December 22. Mr. Herbert Gladstono (who has been Home Secretary since 1905) has been gazetted first Governor-General of the Union of South Africa! ' [Referring to Mr. Gladstone as first-Governor! General oi South Africa, the Johannesburg correspondent of "The Times" says:-With the exception of a rather violent outburst by the .Natal Mercury,",which "of all possible selecS , c , annot conceive a worse," and which says m\fin th ° ?° St d ""pfo "«io norve and diplo- ° f tho bt ?, t man th ° ImpwiQl ;. w? e Af 9"» .engoge" newspaper comment 3d! &. Af HS l IB *"?¥> am > not Hifnvour- },%¥; Transvaal Leadci" suggests that Sir. Gladstone s experience of tho "Suffragettes" should qualify him to handlo the Asiatic .passivo resistors, and believes that he would | favour a cautious individualism in economic polioy and would jiot be guilty of social ostentation. The "Star" says that if tho choice is to be hmitcd to the present Cabinet, South Africa might go further and fare worse It seems to bo agreed that the most unfortunate feature of Mr Gladstone's appointment would not be connected with his own personality, but would ho in his name, which, however distinguished, is associated with the bitterest controversy, in South African history.] CONGREGATIONAL APPOINTMENTS. -. ~,■ . , , r . . London, December 22. .J-ho Colonial Missionary Society, on behalf of the Congregational Union of New Zealand has appointed the Rev. William Tanner minister of the new church at Waipu (North Auckland), and tho Rev. Ernest Dridger minister, of Mt. Roskill Associated Churches (Auckland). Messrs. Tanner and Dridger will sail for New Zealand by the Rimutaka. > MASKED MEN ROB A POST OFFICE. „ , , , , Sydney, Deoembor 22. ni. li 1 ™ broke'into the Nowncs Post Office. The postmaster was in bed, and the robbers rifled tho safo, containing ,£6O. MR. WADE'S ILLNESS: NEW MINISTER. ~ „ , , r Sydney, December 22. Mr. Garland, a Legislative Councillor, has been appointed Solicitor-General and Ministei for Justice. Ho relieves Mr. Wado (tho Premier), who has been ill, of tho work of thew Departments. Mr. Wado proposes to leave foi New Zealand next woolc. CRICKETt-SQUTH AUSTRALIA'S WIN. ' Adelaide, December 22. Tho correct score of Nov; South Wales's second innings was 209 (not 219, as cabled yestor day).' South Australia, thus won by an inning" and four runs. DYSENTERY IN NEW GUINEA. Thursday Island, December 22. _ Tho mission' steamer reports that dyscnter'i is raging among th* natives of tho Contra Division of New Gnmoa. Hundreds aro dying LECTURESHIP IN METEOROLOGY. Melbourne, December 22. Tho Council of the University of Melboum has recommended tho creation of a lecturcshit in meteorology. TEACHERS' CLAIMS. \„, L , ' Sydney, December 22. Tho toacherr annual conference adopted r resolution domanding full civil and politica privileges, also ouo in favour of tho creatioi of a Chair of Domestic Science at tho Uni vorsity. SPIRITS EXPLODE-THREE DEATHS. Brisbane, December 22. Three men, named M'Cormack, Bontley, aui Cullcn, have succumbed to injuries sustainei through an explosion of n cask of spirits nea Gloncurry (about 1500 miles north-west o Brisbane). ( SHIPPING. Melbourne, December 22. Arrived; Marama. Sydnoy, Dccembor 22. Sailed, at 1.30 p.m.: Victoria, : CORINTHIC'S IMMIGRANTS. Hobart, December 22. The Corinthlc arrived last night. She wi] bail to-morrow morning for Wellington. Sh - has 07 Australian passengers, and 650 for Nc s Zealand.